...it's September 1, and the Sox are in first place, baby! After all we've been through this season, including that shaky 2-game span against the Yankees and Tigers (and, what the hell, I'll throw in today's shutout through 7 with Esteban on the hill yet again), I think it's a beautiful sight to witness the AL Central standings showing our guys on top.

Let's finish this thing right...I'd like to have the division won by 4 games or so, just to avoid all that crap about Kansas City getting to play one final game or whatever.

(And, while we're here, let's also tilt our heads back to the results thus far of that *other* Central division.)